"Since the Munich discussions the British and French Governments have had the whole problem under review in the hope of being ready to enter into negotiations at the right time with a view to a peaceful settlement," "Financial Times" stated, referring to the colonial question. "The attitude of Germany is helpful in that no specific demand is being made for the return of territories lost after the Great War. She is prepared to accept some territorial equivalent. A matter of particular difficulty is that of South-West Africa, io which the Union of South Africa attaches great importance. The general idea of a settlement is that Germany should have back the Cameroons, Togoland, a section of Portuguese South Africa, an area in the Belgian Congo and a part of Tanganyika. The British Government has already received a statement from people residing in the colonies that they be consulted first and that any sacrífice of the colonies must be part of the general settlement, Britain may have certain requests of her own to put forward, one of them concerning an outlet to the sea for Rhodesia."—Havas.
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